William Buller (racing driver)

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William Buller
William Buller 2013.jpg
Buller in 2013.
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 31)
Scarva, County Down, Northern Ireland
Formula V8 3.5 Series career
Debut season 2013
Current team RP Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number21
Former teams Arden Motorsport, Zeta Corse
Starts29
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2013
Previous series
2012-13
2012
2010–12
2009
2008–09
2008–09
2008
2008
2008
2007		 FIA European F3 Championship
GP3 Series
British Formula 3
Formula BMW Pacific
Toyota Racing Series
Formula BMW Europe
FR2.0 UK Winter Series
FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series
Formula BMW Americas
T Cars

William Buller (born 17 September 1992) [1] is a British racing driver.

Contents

Career

T Cars

After successful spells in both karting and mini stocks, Buller made his circuit racing debut in the 2007 T Cars championship; the series designed for aspiring racing drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age. Driving for Calvin Motorsport, Buller finished as series runner-up behind Daniel Brown, winning five races, including a hat-trick at Brands Hatch [2] [3] [4] and finished on the podium in a further five races.

Formula BMW

Despite being only fifteen, Buller moved up into the newly created Formula BMW Europe series for 2008, which had been formed from the merger of the British and German series. [5] Driving for Fortec Motorsport, Buller took twelfth in the championship standings, taking the fastest lap at the final race at Monza. [6] Buller also made a guest appearance in the Formula BMW Americas series, driving for Autotecnica at the Canadian Grand Prix-supporting rounds of the championship. He finished fourteenth and ninth in the two races, and also finished ninth in the World Final for EuroInternational.

At the conclusion of the season, Buller competed in the Winter Series of both the British and Portuguese Formula Renault series, and also the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He finished fifth in both Formula Renault championships, and he finished in the top ten of the Toyota Racing Series, despite competing in only three of the six rounds.

Buller returned to Formula BMW in 2009, again staying with Fortec. [7] A first win proved elusive, although he did take a pole position at Silverstone, [8] and also finished third at the Nürburgring, [9] en route to tenth in the championship. Buller made a guest appearance for EuroInternational at the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific championship in Macau. He dominated the weekend, winning from pole position with fastest lap to boot, holding off team-mate Jim Pla to win the race. [10]

Formula Three

Buller will move into the British Formula 3 Championship for the 2010 season, driving for Hitech Racing. [11] Prior to the season beginning, he also won the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race in São Paulo for Hitech, his debut in a Formula Three car. [12]

In April 2012 it was confirmed that Buller would join Carlin for the newly christened European F3 Championship. The calendar will comprise eight F3 Euro Series rounds and a pair of events from the British championship. [13]

In 2013 Buller started the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Threebond by T-Sport driving a Nissan powered Dallara F312. During winter testing he proved to be quick, [14] regularly topping the timing sheets. When results during the first part of the season did not match the expectations, the British driver decided to halt the campaign and focus on the British F3 Championship with Fortec Motorsport. [15]

GP3 Series

Buller will also compete in the GP3 Series in 2012, again linking up with the Carlin squad. [13] He had a fairly quiet season, apart from an incredible victory from the back of the grid at Silverstone in Race Two. However, despite tying with teammate António Félix da Costa for best victory of the season, Buller was not retained by the team for 2013.

Formula Renault 3.5

In 2013, Formula Renault 3.5 team Zeta Corse confirmed Buller to be their sixth driver in only four race weekends after Emmanuel Piget, Mihai Marinescu, Mathéo Tuscher, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Nick Yelloly. Buller made his debut at Moscow Raceway in Russia, and in the first race finished a very strong fifth place. He followed that up with a fifth and sixth-place finishes at the Red Bull Ring in Austria alongside new teammate Riccardo Agostini.

Buller stated his desire to continue his Formula Renault 3.5 campaign with Zeta after confirming his discontinuation of his European Formula Three campaign for 2013, and running alongside his British Formula 3 campaign.

Super Formula

In 2015, Buller sign to Kondo Racing for Japanese Super Formula series. Teammate is the British driver James Rossiter. [16]

SXS Racing

In 2020, Buller took up highly competitive off-road Side by Side racing - sxsracing.co.uk . Initially starting out in a 1000cc Yamaha YXZ, Buller placed 6th in the 1000 Experts class in 2021. The start of the 2022 season saw Buller switch to a more commonly used machine, the Polaris RS1.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2007 T Cars Calvin Motorsport16522101342nd
2008 Formula BMW Europe Fortec Motorsport 1600108712th
Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter Series20001185th
Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Fortec Competition 40000585th
Formula BMW Americas Autotecnica200000NC†
Formula BMW World Final EuroInternational 10000N/A9th
2008–09 Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport9202346710th
2009 Formula BMW Europe Fortec Motorsport 16010111310th
Formula BMW Pacific EuroInternational 111110NC†
2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open Hitech Racing Brazil 11011N/A1st
British Formula 3 International Series Hitech Racing 3000151118th
Masters of Formula 3 10000N/A11th
Macau Grand Prix Fortec Motorsport 10000N/A15th
2011 British Formula 3 International Series Fortec Motorsport 3033491974th
Macau Grand Prix 10000N/A6th
2012 GP3 Series Carlin 1610012015th
Formula 3 Euro Series 242118182.55th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship 1601051376th
Masters of Formula 3 10000N/A6th
Macau Grand Prix 10000N/A10th
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship ThreeBond with T-Sport1200003916th
Fortec Motorsports 30000
British Formula 3 International Series 1216071343rd
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Zeta Corse 1000004611th
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Arden Motorsport 1700013016th
2015 Super Formula Kondō Racing 80000019th
2016 Super Formula Kondō Racing 90000019th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 30000024th
Formula V8 3.5 Series RP Motorsport 20000716th

Complete Formula 3 Euroseries results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324D.C.Points
2012 Carlin Volkswagen HOC
1
4		 HOC
2
4		 HOC
3
6		 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
10		 BRH
3
2		 RBR
1
8		 RBR
2
1		 RBR
3
2		 NOR
1
2		 NOR
2
5		 NOR
3
18		 NÜR
1
10		 NÜR
2
10		 NÜR
3
2		 ZAN
1
8		 ZAN
2
1		 ZAN
3
2		 VAL
1
6		 VAL
2
5		 VAL
3
9		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
5		 HOC
3
Ret		5th182.5

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2012 Carlin Volkswagen HOC
1
4		 HOC
2
6		 PAU
1 		PAU
2 		BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
2		 RBR
1
8		 RBR
2
2		 NOR
1
2		 NOR
2
18		 SPA
1 		SPA
2 		NÜR
1
10		 NÜR
2
2		 ZAN
1
8		 ZAN
2
2		 VAL
1
6		 VAL
2
9		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
Ret		6th137
2013 ThreeBond with T-Sport ThreeBond Nissan MNZ
1
4		 MNZ
2
Ret		 MNZ
3
7		 SIL
1
7		 SIL
2
9		 SIL
3
5		 HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
11		 HOC
3
17		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
9		 BRH
3
12		16th39
Fortec Motorsports Mercedes RBR
1
14		 RBR
2
16		 RBR
3
14		 NOR
1 		NOR
2 		NOR
3 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NÜR
3 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		ZAN
3 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		VAL
3 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3
2016 Carlin Volkswagen LEC
1 		LEC
2 		LEC
3 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		PAU
3 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
Ret		 NOR
3
12		 ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		ZAN
3 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		SPA
3 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NÜR
3 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		IMO
3 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		24th0

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2012 Carlin CAT
FEA
23		 CAT
SPR
9		 MON
FEA
12		 MON
SPR
Ret		 VAL
FEA
10		 VAL
SPR
9		 SIL
FEA
Ret		 SIL
SPR
1		 HOC
FEA
9		 HOC
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
23		 HUN
SPR
12		 SPA
FEA
13		 SPA
SPR
8		 MNZ
FEA
10		 MNZ
SPR
12		15th20

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718Pos.Points
2013 Zeta Corse MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		ALC
1 		ALC
2 		MON
1 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MSC
1
5		 MSC
2
20		 RBR
1
6		 RBR
2
5		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
16		 LEC
1
8		 LEC
2
8		 CAT
1
5		 CAT
2
Ret		11th46
2014 Arden Motorsport MNZ
1
4		 MNZ
2
Ret		 ALC
1
Ret		 ALC
2
Ret		 MON
1
16		 SPA
1
11		 SPA
2
12		 MSC
1
11		 MSC
2
10		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
10		 HUN
1
19		 HUN
2
Ret		 LEC
1
17		 LEC
2
10		 JER
1
Ret		 JER
2
3		16th30
2016 RP Motorsport ALC
1 		ALC
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		MNZ
1
10		 MNZ
2
7		 JER
1 		JER
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		16th7

Complete Super Formula Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant123456789DCPoints
2015 Kondō Racing SUZ
14		 OKA
13		 FUJ
14		 MOT
13		 AUT
18		 SUG
15		 SUZ
13		 SUZ
13		19th0
2016 Kondō Racing SUZ
15		 OKA
11		 FUJ
Ret		 MOT
13		 OKA
15		 OKA
15		 SUG
10		 SUZ
13		 SUZ
13		19th0

Personal life

Buller's hobbies are water sports, training and playing football. [17] His favourite drivers are Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen, [17] while his favourite circuits are Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Rockingham Motor Speedway. [17]

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